Opening Up Rhodesia. the Railway to Buluwayo. London, November 5
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 35
Tin railway from B[?]ira, on the coast of Portuguese East Africa, to B[?]uwayo, in Rhodesia, which was completed last month, h[?]s been formally opened by Sir Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Railway to the Zambesi. London, November 8
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 35
Mr. Cecil Rhodes, of the British South Africa Company, has resolved to extend the railway which has already been constructed from B[?]ira, on the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →The Klondyke Goldfield. Australians Join In. the Road to the Fields. Life at Dawson City
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1897 · page 3
A CABLEGRAM states that Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Canadian Premier, states that he believes 15,000 Australians will join in the rush to Klondyke in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Kidney
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 November 1897 · page 5
If there be any truth that there really is a new form of disease recognised by medical men called the railway kidney, and there may be, most people will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An unprepared For Tramp. a Back Blocks Incident
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 November 1897 · page 2
It was not a morning one would have chosen for a coach journey. Fierce gusta of wind, accompanied by showers of red dust, began the day. Had we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Sydney Letter. the English Parliamentary Tram
The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 17 November 1897 · page 2
The Premier looks with envy at Parliamentry affairs in London, where the position of the Ministry is so assured that a team of legislators can be spared to play a series…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bridge Made of Coffins
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1897 · page 3
A bridge of coffins was made by the British, during the China war of 1860, on their match of Pekin, A few days after the taking of the Take forts. the onward march of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sale of Railway Tickets
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1897 · page 39
For a long time past the Victorian Railway Department has been trying to check the practice of travellers disposing of the return halves of tickets they have purchased when…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Railway Returns
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1897 · page 28
The railway returns published weekly by the various colonies unfortunately add their testimony to the shortness of our wool clip this season. Taking those of…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Labor Troubles. a Railway Strike Threatened. London, November 28
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1897 · page 27
The railway employes, who demand the adoption of the eight hours a day, have announced that they will go on strike on December 18 unless the railway companies…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Railway Collision in Belgium. Ten Passengers Killed. London, November 24
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1897 · page 27
A disastrous railway accident has occurred in Belgium. A goods train came into collision with a passenger train at Tournay, on the River Scheldt, between Mons and…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Automatic Road Vehicles
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1897 · page 5
France has led the way in the development of the automatic road vehicle, and the envy of British and American engineers has been profoundly stirred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Camel Road Constructed. London, December 6
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1897 · page 26
Advices from the north-west frontier state that Colonel Hammond has constructed a road for camel traffic through the Kandao Pass…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Sunday Work on Railways. London, December 13
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 26
The London and South-Western and the Midland Railway Companies have granted their employed special payment for Sunday work, and have also made other concessions…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Victorian Railway Coupon System
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 29
A correspondent makea a complaint in connection with the railway coupon books just issued by the department. He says that the purcbasers of these books, each…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Russia in Central Asia. Railway From Merv to Kushk. London, December 28
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1897 · page 21
Russia has commenced the construction of a railway from Merv to Koshk, a few miles north of Herat, in Afghanistan…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Chinese Railways. London, December 23
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1897 · page 21
Russia has formally demanded that China shall dismiss all the English engineers employed on the Chinese railways, and substitute Russians for them. China…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →